Squatting figure with arms crossed over chest and resting on its knees
Life Story
Provenance
Acquired by the Wellcome institute in 1931 from a sale in Paris of the ethnographic collections formerly belonging to surrealist writers Paul Eluard and Andre Breton.
Donated to the Sainsbury Centre, University of East Anglia by the Wellcome Trust in 1981.
Not on display
Title/Description: Squatting figure with arms crossed over chest and resting on its knees
Object Type: Figure
Materials: Stone
Measurements: h. 170 x w. 105 x d. 80 mm
Inscription: lot no. 233 on label
Accession Number: 40115
Production Place: Mesoamerica, Mexico, The Americas
Cultural Group: Aztec
Credit Line: Donated by the Wellcome Trust, 1981
